Tnx Peter: It’s indeed a feature! Thanks. Best, Bill
> On Mar 1, 2016, at 2:39 PM, Peter TB Brett <peter.br...@livecode.com> wrote: > > > > On 01/03/2016 22:28, William Prothero wrote: > >> The first thing I’ve noticed is that selecting objects in the Project >> Browser and stack window is poor. In 7.1 versions and older, when I >> clicked on an object on the stack window, it would hilite the >> corresponding entry on the project browser. First off, I find that >> clicking on different objects in the stack screen, it often refuses >> to “select” a new object until I click around. Secondly, when I click >> on an object on the stack window, it should hilite in the project >> browser. This is very convenient when developing, and it doesn’t seem >> to happen in LC8. > > Hi Bill, > > Selected objects are now shown in the Project Browser with a highlighted > border. You can "zoom to" an object by right-clicking on it (on the stack) > and selecting "Show in Project Browser". This was an intentional change to > make it slightly easier to not "lose your place" in the Project Browser view > when you change the selected object in a stack with lots of controls. > > I think I remember seeing a bug relating to selecting things, but I can't > find it right now... please go ahead and file a bug report if you can > reliably reproduce the problem. > >> So, I’m still on LC8, but the IDE, nice and shiny new as it is, still >> needs some work. Or, perhaps I just haven’t figured out all of its >> new options yet. > > Feedback is always appreciated. Currently I'm finding that the LiveCode 8 > IDE is actually a big improvement over the LiveCode 7 one for the things that > I use it for (but I'm aware that I'm a *very* atypical user!) > > Peter > > -- > Dr Peter Brett <peter.br...@livecode.com> > LiveCode Open Source Team > > LiveCode 2016 Conference https://livecode.com/edinburgh-2016/ > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
